Recorder Karate for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders! PART ONE

You will be learning 9 initial songs and some extras for those of you that like a challenge!  Each song earns a belt.  White, yellow, orange, green, purple, blue, red, brown and black.  There are will be an additional 6 belts that you can earn after that!  You will earn a double black belt for these additional six!

All students will start out on the white belt.  Every class will begin with a 30 minute group learning session where all students will learn notation, note reading and rhythms to all of the songs.  Once students start advancing to different leveled songs at different times, each student will be put into a breakout session according to which song they are working on. They may work on the song together for 10 minute increments where they will then be automatically sent back to the regular classroom and re-join the teacher.  Students will listen and support others as they play to earn their belt.

Instructions on how this classroom will be conducted, will be made clear to all students when joining.

Rules to be aware of:

1.  Be kind and respectful to others
2.  Only play your instrument when you are asked to
3.  Students will have to work in groups:  When playing in breakout sessions, be kind and considerate to the leader in your group.  The leader in the group is the student that knows the song the best.  During this 10 minute breakout session, each student should have a chance to practice.  It is solely up to the teacher to determine if there should be more time allotted for breakout sessions during class time.
4.  The remaining time will be to determine if a student is going to advance to the next belt which means there will be time where others will have to listen and wait quietly.  This is what the teacher likes to call (all of the students that are not playing) the audience.  Practicing good audience behavior is also part of being in this class.
5.  Please have fun and remember that practice makes better!